[06/01/23 - 09:00 AM] Logo Celebrates Pride Month with Its Sixth Installment of Logo 30, Honoring GLAAD Senior Director of Communication and Plus Life Media's "Truth Be Told" Host Tony Morrison Previous Logo Legends have included the organizers of the Brooklyn Liberation March and iconic author and filmmaker John Waters.
[via press release from Logo]
LOGO CELEBRATES PRIDE MONTH WITH ITS SIXTH INSTALLMENT OF LOGO 30, HONORING GLAAD SENIOR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION AND PLUS LIFE MEDIA'S "TRUTH BE TOLD" HOST TONY MORRISON
BD Wong, Cody Rigsby, Dewayne Perkins, Emma Willmann, Lia Thomas,
Michelle Tea, Mila Jam, Phillip Picardi, Rep. Robert Garcia, Sasha Velour, Tre'vell Anderson and more amongst those honored
New York, NY (June 1, 2023) - Logo announced that in celebration of Pride Month, the brand will spotlight diverse entertainers, activists, creatives, and changemakers in the LGBTQ+ community, throughout the month of June, with its sixth installment of Logo30. This powerful series profiles LGBTQ trailblazers and allies who are blazing a path forward for our global community. GLADD's Senior Director of Communications and Plus Life Media's "Truth Be Told" host Tony Morrison is amongst the top honorees.
For the third year in a row, Logo is creating a special distinction for a Logo30 honoree known as the "Logo Legend." Previous Logo Legends have included the organizers of the Brooklyn Liberation March and iconic author and filmmaker John Waters. This year's Logo Legend is Michelle Tea, the creator of Drag Story Hour.
Logo continues to create spaces that focus on "justice and joy," through projects like Logo Spill with Johnny Sibilly and Trans Youth Town Hall, which recently won a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Online Journalism - Video or Multimedia.
For more information, visit Logo's homepage. Join the conversation using #Logo30.
About Tony:
Tony Morrison (he/him), recently named GLAAD's Senior Director of Communications, is an Emmy and GLAAD award-winning journalist. At ABC News, Tony spearheaded the creation of the news network's first LGBTQ+ employee resource group for LGBTQ+ journalists and allies and oversaw the brand's social and digital strategy as a senior producer. Tony also co-hosts the D23 Inside Disney podcast, Disney's official podcast. In a personal essay published in August 2021, Tony shared his experience of living with HIV in secret over the course of eight years. This widely-read piece has brought greater awareness and understanding to many; Tony is shredding stigma by sharing his story and being a force for change.
About +Life
The multi-platform brand +Life is inspired by ABC talent Karl Schmid's own story of living with shame and fear of having HIV due to the amount of ignorance and stigma surrounding the virus. +Life appears across multiple social media platforms offering the flagship +Talk round-table talk show and content revolving around love and relationships, entertaining, medicine, nutrition and spirituality. +Life features a coterie of amazing stories told by an incredible and diverse group of people sharing their first hand experiences living with HIV, fighting for access to medications, facing down community stigma, and fighting their own internal stigmas.
About Logo
Logo is a leading entertainment brand inspired by the LGBTQ+ community and reflects the creative class across television, digital and social platforms. Celebrating their 16th year since launching in June 2005, Logo features one-of-a-kind personalities, shows, specials, and unique stories.
About Paramount Media Networks & MTV Entertainment Studios
Paramount Media Networks & MTV Entertainment Studios is one of the preeminent media entities in the world that connects with global audiences through its nine iconic brands - MTV, Comedy Central, VH1, CMT, Pop, Logo, The Smithsonian Channel, Paramount Network and TV Land - and its Studios arm which produces acclaimed series and movies as well as award-winning documentaries through MTV Documentary Films.
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